| Bathophilus vaillanti | |
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| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Actinopterygii | 
| Order: | Stomiiformes | 
| Family: | Stomiidae | 
| Genus: | Bathophilus | 
| Species: | B. vaillanti | 
| Binomial name | |
| Bathophilus vaillanti (Zugmayer, 1911) | |
Bathophilus vaillanti is a species of barbeled dragonfish in the genus Bathophilus. [1] [2] [3] The species has been documented in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, [4] and fully-grown members of the species can reach a maximum length of ~18 centimeters. [4]
The fish is named in honor of French zoologist Léon Vaillant (1834–1914), of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris. [5]